Leyland sherpa/ldv 200

[damo]

Anyone got one? Any good what they like apart from rusty, how easy to modify into day van or full camper...which alloy wheels fit?
Any relevant information would be appreciated.

[LowStandards]

LDV Sherpa 200

[damo]

Not quite I had in mind...more like this sort of thing

[grizz]

There you go………


A LOOOONG thread with a ton of information and opinions.


forum.retro-rides.org/thread/208387/ldv-pilot-swb-vans-2020


I still like them.

[slater]

Shouldnt be hard to find a butchered one to turn into a camper.. just please don't cut up another decent panel van.. so hard to find now!!

[PHUQ]

That's a Pilot...

I bought a dirt cheap ex PO splitter to use as a workhorse when we bought our house. For a 2005 vehicle it was utterly antiquated, they're slow, unrefined, vague gearbox, vague steering, noisy, bouncy, absolutely brilliant and I'd love another one. I only sold it because it was too crusty to bother with dragging through an MOT and it had done what I needed it to.
Couldn't find a decent one when I was shopping last so ended up with a 406 estate instead (well, it's a similar engine at least).

They fit in car spaces (but not under most height barriers!) which is great, makes using one as a regular transport a lot easier. They're a bit small to make decent campers though, you'd want a 400/ convoy for that. For starters they're not wide enough to sleep across. OK for a "day van" or weekender though. I chucked an old futon mattress, some blankets over the windows and a sleeping back and camping stove in mine for steam rallies and it still knocked the spots off of tenting.

No idea on alloys, you're well into lipstick on a pig territory there in my opinion...

[Rob M]

The last one I ever drove was the 400 version in luton body form.
IIRC, it had a transit diesel engine in it?
It was utterly hideous, uncomfortable, awful to drive and generally horrendous.
However, after driving it from Norfolk to Mallorca and back within a week I fell in love with it to the point where I would have been happy to have kept it as my daily forever and ever amen.
Character by the bucketful.
That is the thing about cars & vans, they don't have to be the best at anything but they can still get under your skin and into your heart, defying all logic.
It's wonderful being a petrol head, right?

[Mercdan68]

In the early 90s I drove these whilst working for the Royal Mail
As said very outdated even then but driving them is what you did because you had too!
I liked them and the sliding drivers door was always open !
Yep go for it if you can find one

[FOAD]

IMG_6251 by srblythe, on Flickr

IMG_6246 by srblythe, on Flickr

I have one, I'd love to do something cool with it.

[Duggy]

Feb 24, 2022 17:33:00 GMT FOAD said:

IMG_6251 by srblythe, on Flickr

IMG_6246 by srblythe, on Flickr

I have one, I'd love to do something cool with it.

Lift it up a little (optional), banded steels and town & country tyres might work.

[damo]

Foad, I would love that van! Surely it's got to be lowered and put on some 14/15 inch alloys, subtle mods is the way to go. Interior, boarded out and insulated and finished with a black/grey carpet. I would just keep it simple.
Lovely van